Document Analysis of TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Cirrhosis
肝硬化的中医辨证分型分析

This study was aimed to find out the objective law of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation type of cirrhosis. Statistical analysis was conducted on TCM syndrome differentiation type of cirrhosis literature published in China in the recent 30 years. Multi-group X2 examine was used in the multiple comparisons of all case data. The results showed that there are 78 articles with clear TCM syndrome differentiation of cirrhosis. The total case number is 5283. The common syndrome differentiation types of cirrhosis are qi stagnation and blood stasis, blood stasis, dampness-heat, liver-kidney yin deficiency, spleen deficiency with dampness encumbrance, spleen-kidney yang deficiency. It is concluded that statistical analysis receives certain meaning in the establishment of TCM syndrome differentiation of cirrhosis cases.